Lot 350 , Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet (1822-1895) - a signed note on Irish Office headed paper, 1864, 18cm high

Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet (1822-1895) - a signed note on Irish Office headed paper, 1864, 18cm high
Eldest son of the prime minister Robert Peel, he was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford and entered the Diplomatic Service in 1844. He served as co-member for Tamworth, his father's constituency, from 1850 until 1880, for Huntingdon from 1884 and for Blackburn from 1885 to 1886. He was appointed Irish secretary in 1861 in Palmerston's ministry.

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